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[simgrid.git] / src / mc / mc_process.cpp
index b0ba0de..de73e05 100644 (file)
 #include "mc_smx.h"
 #include "mc_server.h"
 
+using simgrid::mc::remote;
+
 extern "C" {
 
 XBT_LOG_NEW_DEFAULT_SUBCATEGORY(mc_process, mc,
                                 "MC process information");
 
-static void MC_process_init_memory_map_info(mc_process_t process);
-static void MC_process_open_memory_file(mc_process_t process);
+// ***** Helper stuff
 
-// ***** Destructor callbacks
+#define SO_RE "\\.so[\\.0-9]*$"
+#define VERSION_RE "-[\\.0-9]*$"
 
-// ***** mc_address_space methods for mc_process
+static const char *const FILTERED_LIBS[] = {
+  "libstdc++",
+  "libboost_context",
+  "libc++",
+  "libm",
+  "libgcc_s",
+  "libpthread",
+  "libunwind",
+  "libunwind-x86_64",
+  "libunwind-x86",
+  "libunwind-ptrace",
+  "libdw",
+  "libdl",
+  "librt",
+  "liblzma",
+  "libelf",
+  "libbz2",
+  "libz",
+  "libelf",
+  "libc",
+  "ld"
+};
 
-static mc_process_t MC_process_get_process(mc_process_t p) {
-  return p;
+static bool MC_is_simgrid_lib(const char* libname)
+{
+  return !strcmp(libname, "libsimgrid");
 }
 
+static bool MC_is_filtered_lib(const char* libname)
+{
+  for (const char* filtered_lib : FILTERED_LIBS)
+    if (strcmp(libname, filtered_lib)==0)
+      return true;
+  return false;
+}
+
+struct s_mc_memory_map_re {
+  regex_t so_re;
+  regex_t version_re;
+};
+
+static char* MC_get_lib_name(const char* pathname, struct s_mc_memory_map_re* res)
+{
+  const char* map_basename = basename((char*) pathname);
+
+  regmatch_t match;
+  if(regexec(&res->so_re, map_basename, 1, &match, 0))
+    return NULL;
+
+  char* libname = strndup(map_basename, match.rm_so);
+
+  // Strip the version suffix:
+  if(libname && !regexec(&res->version_re, libname, 1, &match, 0)) {
+    char* temp = libname;
+    libname = strndup(temp, match.rm_so);
+    free(temp);
+  }
+
+  return libname;
 }
 
-// ***** mc_process
+static ssize_t pread_whole(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset)
+{
+  char* buffer = (char*) buf;
+  ssize_t real_count = count;
+  while (count) {
+    ssize_t res = pread(fd, buffer, count, offset);
+    if (res > 0) {
+      count  -= res;
+      buffer += res;
+      offset += res;
+    } else if (res==0) {
+      return -1;
+    } else if (errno != EINTR) {
+      return -1;
+    }
+  }
+  return real_count;
+}
+
+static ssize_t pwrite_whole(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset)
+{
+  const char* buffer = (const char*) buf;
+  ssize_t real_count = count;
+  while (count) {
+    ssize_t res = pwrite(fd, buffer, count, offset);
+    if (res > 0) {
+      count  -= res;
+      buffer += res;
+      offset += res;
+    } else if (res==0) {
+      return -1;
+    } else if (errno != EINTR) {
+      return -1;
+    }
+  }
+  return real_count;
+}
+
+static pthread_once_t zero_buffer_flag = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
+static const void* zero_buffer;
+static const size_t zero_buffer_size = 10 * 4096;
+
+static void MC_zero_buffer_init(void)
+{
+  int fd = open("/dev/zero", O_RDONLY);
+  if (fd<0)
+    xbt_die("Could not open /dev/zero");
+  zero_buffer = mmap(NULL, zero_buffer_size, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
+  if (zero_buffer == MAP_FAILED)
+    xbt_die("Could not map the zero buffer");
+  close(fd);
+}
+
+}
+
+namespace simgrid {
+namespace mc {
+
+int open_vm(pid_t pid, int flags)
+{
+  const size_t buffer_size = 30;
+  char buffer[buffer_size];
+  int res = snprintf(buffer, buffer_size, "/proc/%lli/mem", (long long) pid);
+  if (res < 0 || (size_t) res >= buffer_size) {
+    errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
+    return -1;
+  }
+  return open(buffer, flags);
+}
+
+  
+}
+}
+
+// ***** Process
 
 namespace simgrid {
 namespace mc {
@@ -62,36 +191,41 @@ Process::Process(pid_t pid, int sockfd)
   Process* process = this;
 
   process->process_flags = MC_PROCESS_NO_FLAG;
-  process->socket = sockfd;
-  process->pid = pid;
+  process->socket_ = sockfd;
+  process->pid_ = pid;
   if (pid==getpid())
     process->process_flags |= MC_PROCESS_SELF_FLAG;
-  process->running = true;
-  process->status = 0;
-  process->memory_map = MC_get_memory_map(pid);
-  process->memory_file = -1;
+  process->running_ = true;
+  process->status_ = 0;
+  process->memory_map_ = get_memory_map(pid);
   process->cache_flags = MC_PROCESS_CACHE_FLAG_NONE;
   process->heap = NULL;
   process->heap_info = NULL;
-  MC_process_init_memory_map_info(process);
-  MC_process_open_memory_file(process);
+  process->init_memory_map_info();
+
+  // Open the memory file
+  if (process->is_self())
+    process->memory_file = -1;
+  else {
+    int fd = open_vm(process->pid_, O_RDWR);
+    if (fd<0)
+      xbt_die("Could not open file for process virtual address space");
+    process->memory_file = fd;
+  }
 
   // Read std_heap (is a struct mdesc*):
-  dw_variable_t std_heap_var = MC_process_find_variable_by_name(process,
-    "__mmalloc_default_mdp");
+  dw_variable_t std_heap_var = process->find_variable("__mmalloc_default_mdp");
   if (!std_heap_var)
     xbt_die("No heap information in the target process");
   if(!std_heap_var->address)
     xbt_die("No constant address for this variable");
-  MC_process_read(process, simgrid::mc::AddressSpace::Normal,
-    &process->heap_address, std_heap_var->address, sizeof(struct mdesc*),
+  process->read_bytes(&process->heap_address, sizeof(struct mdesc*),
+    remote(std_heap_var->address),
     simgrid::mc::ProcessIndexDisabled);
 
   process->smx_process_infos = MC_smx_process_info_list_new();
   process->smx_old_process_infos = MC_smx_process_info_list_new();
 
-  process->checkpoint_ignore = MC_checkpoint_ignore_new();
-
   process->unw_addr_space = unw_create_addr_space(&mc_unw_accessors  , __BYTE_ORDER);
   if (process->process_flags & MC_PROCESS_SELF_FLAG) {
     process->unw_underlying_addr_space = unw_local_addr_space;
@@ -106,23 +240,22 @@ Process::~Process()
 {
   Process* process = this;
 
-  process->process_flags = MC_PROCESS_NO_FLAG;
-  process->pid = 0;
-
-  MC_free_memory_map(process->memory_map);
-  process->memory_map = NULL;
+  if (this->socket_ >= 0 && close(this->socket_) < 0)
+    xbt_die("Could not close communication socket");
 
-  process->maestro_stack_start = NULL;
-  process->maestro_stack_end = NULL;
+  process->process_flags = MC_PROCESS_NO_FLAG;
+  process->pid_ = 0;
 
-  xbt_dynar_free(&process->checkpoint_ignore);
+  process->maestro_stack_start_ = nullptr;
+  process->maestro_stack_end_ = nullptr;
 
   xbt_dynar_free(&process->smx_process_infos);
   xbt_dynar_free(&process->smx_old_process_infos);
 
   size_t i;
   for (i=0; i!=process->object_infos_size; ++i) {
-    MC_free_object_info(&process->object_infos[i]);
+    delete process->object_infos[i];
+    process->object_infos[i] = nullptr;
   }
   free(process->object_infos);
   process->object_infos = NULL;
@@ -163,10 +296,8 @@ void Process::refresh_heap()
   if (!this->heap) {
     this->heap = (struct mdesc*) malloc(sizeof(struct mdesc));
   }
-  MC_process_read(this, simgrid::mc::AddressSpace::Normal,
-    this->heap, this->heap_address, sizeof(struct mdesc),
-    simgrid::mc::ProcessIndexDisabled
-    );
+  this->read_bytes(this->heap, sizeof(struct mdesc), remote(this->heap_address),
+    simgrid::mc::ProcessIndexDisabled);
   this->cache_flags |= MC_PROCESS_CACHE_FLAG_HEAP;
 }
 
@@ -185,117 +316,46 @@ void Process::refresh_malloc_info()
   size_t malloc_info_bytesize =
     (this->heap->heaplimit + 1) * sizeof(malloc_info);
   this->heap_info = (malloc_info*) realloc(this->heap_info, malloc_info_bytesize);
-  MC_process_read(this, simgrid::mc::AddressSpace::Normal,
-    this->heap_info,
-    this->heap->heapinfo, malloc_info_bytesize,
-    simgrid::mc::ProcessIndexDisabled);
+  this->read_bytes(this->heap_info, malloc_info_bytesize,
+    remote(this->heap->heapinfo), simgrid::mc::ProcessIndexDisabled);
   this->cache_flags |= MC_PROCESS_CACHE_FLAG_MALLOC_INFO;
 }
 
-}
-}
-
-extern "C" {
-
-#define SO_RE "\\.so[\\.0-9]*$"
-#define VERSION_RE "-[\\.0-9]*$"
-
-const char* FILTERED_LIBS[] = {
-  "libstdc++",
-  "libc++",
-  "libm",
-  "libgcc_s",
-  "libpthread",
-  "libunwind",
-  "libunwind-x86_64",
-  "libunwind-x86",
-  "libunwind-ptrace",
-  "libdw",
-  "libdl",
-  "librt",
-  "liblzma",
-  "libelf",
-  "libbz2",
-  "libz",
-  "libelf",
-  "libc",
-  "ld"
-};
-
-static bool MC_is_simgrid_lib(const char* libname)
-{
-  return !strcmp(libname, "libsimgrid");
-}
-
-static bool MC_is_filtered_lib(const char* libname)
-{
-  const size_t n = sizeof(FILTERED_LIBS) / sizeof(const char*);
-  size_t i;
-  for (i=0; i!=n; ++i)
-    if (strcmp(libname, FILTERED_LIBS[i])==0)
-      return true;
-  return false;
-}
-
-struct s_mc_memory_map_re {
-  regex_t so_re;
-  regex_t version_re;
-};
-
-static char* MC_get_lib_name(const char* pathname, struct s_mc_memory_map_re* res) {
-  const char* map_basename = basename((char*) pathname);
-
-  regmatch_t match;
-  if(regexec(&res->so_re, map_basename, 1, &match, 0))
-    return NULL;
-
-  char* libname = strndup(map_basename, match.rm_so);
-
-  // Strip the version suffix:
-  if(libname && !regexec(&res->version_re, libname, 1, &match, 0)) {
-    char* temp = libname;
-    libname = strndup(temp, match.rm_so);
-    free(temp);
-  }
-
-  return libname;
-}
-
 /** @brief Finds the range of the different memory segments and binary paths */
-static void MC_process_init_memory_map_info(mc_process_t process)
+void Process::init_memory_map_info()
 {
   XBT_DEBUG("Get debug information ...");
-  process->maestro_stack_start = NULL;
-  process->maestro_stack_end = NULL;
-  process->object_infos = NULL;
-  process->object_infos_size = 0;
-  process->binary_info = NULL;
-  process->libsimgrid_info = NULL;
+  this->maestro_stack_start_ = nullptr;
+  this->maestro_stack_end_ = nullptr;
+  this->object_infos = NULL;
+  this->object_infos_size = 0;
+  this->binary_info = NULL;
+  this->libsimgrid_info = NULL;
 
   struct s_mc_memory_map_re res;
 
   if(regcomp(&res.so_re, SO_RE, 0) || regcomp(&res.version_re, VERSION_RE, 0))
     xbt_die(".so regexp did not compile");
 
-  memory_map_t maps = process->memory_map;
+  std::vector<simgrid::mc::VmMap> const& maps = this->memory_map_;
 
   const char* current_name = NULL;
 
-  for (ssize_t i=0; i < maps->mapsize; i++) {
-    map_region_t reg = &(maps->regions[i]);
-    const char* pathname = maps->regions[i].pathname;
+  for (size_t i=0; i < maps.size(); i++) {
+    simgrid::mc::VmMap const& reg = maps[i];
+    const char* pathname = maps[i].pathname.c_str();
 
     // Nothing to do
-    if (maps->regions[i].pathname == NULL) {
+    if (maps[i].pathname.empty()) {
       current_name = NULL;
       continue;
     }
 
     // [stack], [vvar], [vsyscall], [vdso] ...
     if (pathname[0] == '[') {
-      if ((reg->prot & PROT_WRITE) && !memcmp(pathname, "[stack]", 7)) {
-        process->maestro_stack_start = reg->start_addr;
-        process->maestro_stack_end = reg->end_addr;
+      if ((reg.prot & PROT_WRITE) && !memcmp(pathname, "[stack]", 7)) {
+        this->maestro_stack_start_ = remote(reg.start_addr);
+        this->maestro_stack_end_ = remote(reg.end_addr);
       }
       current_name = NULL;
       continue;
@@ -305,7 +365,7 @@ static void MC_process_init_memory_map_info(mc_process_t process)
       continue;
 
     current_name = pathname;
-    if (!(reg->prot & PROT_READ) && (reg->prot & PROT_EXEC))
+    if (!(reg.prot & PROT_READ) && (reg.prot & PROT_EXEC))
       continue;
 
     const bool is_executable = !i;
@@ -321,96 +381,96 @@ static void MC_process_init_memory_map_info(mc_process_t process)
     }
 
     mc_object_info_t info =
-      MC_find_object_info(process->memory_map, pathname, is_executable);
-    process->object_infos = (mc_object_info_t*) realloc(process->object_infos,
-      (process->object_infos_size+1) * sizeof(mc_object_info_t*));
-    process->object_infos[process->object_infos_size] = info;
-    process->object_infos_size++;
+      MC_find_object_info(this->memory_map_, pathname, is_executable);
+    this->object_infos = (mc_object_info_t*) realloc(this->object_infos,
+      (this->object_infos_size+1) * sizeof(mc_object_info_t));
+    this->object_infos[this->object_infos_size] = info;
+    this->object_infos_size++;
     if (is_executable)
-      process->binary_info = info;
+      this->binary_info = info;
     else if (libname && MC_is_simgrid_lib(libname))
-      process->libsimgrid_info = info;
+      this->libsimgrid_info = info;
     free(libname);
   }
 
   regfree(&res.so_re);
   regfree(&res.version_re);
 
-  // Resolve time (including accress differents objects):
-  for (size_t i=0; i!=process->object_infos_size; ++i)
-    MC_post_process_object_info(process, process->object_infos[i]);
+  // Resolve time (including accross differents objects):
+  for (size_t i=0; i!=this->object_infos_size; ++i)
+    MC_post_process_object_info(this, this->object_infos[i]);
 
-  xbt_assert(process->maestro_stack_start, "Did not find maestro_stack_start");
-  xbt_assert(process->maestro_stack_end, "Did not find maestro_stack_end");
+  xbt_assert(this->maestro_stack_start_, "Did not find maestro_stack_start");
+  xbt_assert(this->maestro_stack_end_, "Did not find maestro_stack_end");
 
   XBT_DEBUG("Get debug information done !");
 }
 
-mc_object_info_t MC_process_find_object_info(mc_process_t process, const void *addr)
+mc_object_info_t Process::find_object_info(remote_ptr<void> addr) const
 {
   size_t i;
-  for (i = 0; i != process->object_infos_size; ++i) {
-    if (addr >= (void *) process->object_infos[i]->start
-        && addr <= (void *) process->object_infos[i]->end) {
-      return process->object_infos[i];
+  for (i = 0; i != this->object_infos_size; ++i) {
+    if (addr.address() >= (std::uint64_t)this->object_infos[i]->start
+        && addr.address() <= (std::uint64_t)this->object_infos[i]->end) {
+      return this->object_infos[i];
     }
   }
   return NULL;
 }
 
-mc_object_info_t MC_process_find_object_info_exec(mc_process_t process, const void *addr)
+mc_object_info_t Process::find_object_info_exec(remote_ptr<void> addr) const
 {
   size_t i;
-  for (i = 0; i != process->object_infos_size; ++i) {
-    if (addr >= (void *) process->object_infos[i]->start_exec
-        && addr <= (void *) process->object_infos[i]->end_exec) {
-      return process->object_infos[i];
+  for (i = 0; i != this->object_infos_size; ++i) {
+    if (addr.address() >= (std::uint64_t)this->object_infos[i]->start_exec
+        && addr.address() <= (std::uint64_t)this->object_infos[i]->end_exec) {
+      return this->object_infos[i];
     }
   }
   return NULL;
 }
 
-mc_object_info_t MC_process_find_object_info_rw(mc_process_t process, const void *addr)
+mc_object_info_t Process::find_object_info_rw(remote_ptr<void> addr) const
 {
   size_t i;
-  for (i = 0; i != process->object_infos_size; ++i) {
-    if (addr >= (void *) process->object_infos[i]->start_rw
-        && addr <= (void *) process->object_infos[i]->end_rw) {
-      return process->object_infos[i];
+  for (i = 0; i != this->object_infos_size; ++i) {
+    if (addr.address() >= (std::uint64_t)this->object_infos[i]->start_rw
+        && addr.address() <= (std::uint64_t)this->object_infos[i]->end_rw) {
+      return this->object_infos[i];
     }
   }
   return NULL;
 }
 
-// Functions, variables…
-
-dw_frame_t MC_process_find_function(mc_process_t process, const void *ip)
+dw_frame_t Process::find_function(remote_ptr<void> ip) const
 {
-  mc_object_info_t info = MC_process_find_object_info_exec(process, ip);
+  mc_object_info_t info = this->find_object_info_exec(ip);
   if (info == NULL)
     return NULL;
   else
-    return MC_file_object_info_find_function(info, ip);
+    return MC_file_object_info_find_function(info, (void*) ip.address());
 }
 
-dw_variable_t MC_process_find_variable_by_name(mc_process_t process, const char* name)
+/** Find (one occurence of) the named variable definition
+ */
+dw_variable_t Process::find_variable(const char* name) const
 {
-  const size_t n = process->object_infos_size;
+  const size_t n = this->object_infos_size;
   size_t i;
 
   // First lookup the variable in the executable shared object.
   // A global variable used directly by the executable code from a library
   // is reinstanciated in the executable memory .data/.bss.
   // We need to look up the variable in the execvutable first.
-  if (process->binary_info) {
-    mc_object_info_t info = process->binary_info;
+  if (this->binary_info) {
+    mc_object_info_t info = this->binary_info;
     dw_variable_t var = MC_file_object_info_find_variable_by_name(info, name);
     if (var)
       return var;
   }
 
   for (i=0; i!=n; ++i) {
-    mc_object_info_t info =process->object_infos[i];
+    mc_object_info_t info = this->object_infos[i];
     dw_variable_t var = MC_file_object_info_find_variable_by_name(info, name);
     if (var)
       return var;
@@ -419,9 +479,9 @@ dw_variable_t MC_process_find_variable_by_name(mc_process_t process, const char*
   return NULL;
 }
 
-void MC_process_read_variable(mc_process_t process, const char* name, void* target, size_t size)
+void Process::read_variable(const char* name, void* target, size_t size) const
 {
-  dw_variable_t var = MC_process_find_variable_by_name(process, name);
+  dw_variable_t var = this->find_variable(name);
   if (!var->address)
     xbt_die("No simple location for this variable");
   if (!var->type->full_type)
@@ -429,23 +489,22 @@ void MC_process_read_variable(mc_process_t process, const char* name, void* targ
   if ((size_t) var->type->full_type->byte_size != size)
     xbt_die("Unexpected size for %s (expected %zi, was %zi)",
       name, size, (size_t) var->type->full_type->byte_size);
-  MC_process_read(process, simgrid::mc::AddressSpace::Normal, target, var->address, size,
-    simgrid::mc::ProcessIndexAny);
+  this->read_bytes(target, size, remote(var->address));
 }
 
-char* MC_process_read_string(mc_process_t process, void* address)
+char* Process::read_string(remote_ptr<void> address) const
 {
   if (!address)
     return NULL;
-  if (process->is_self())
-    return strdup((char*) address);
+  if (this->is_self())
+    return strdup((char*) address.address());
 
   off_t len = 128;
   char* res = (char*) malloc(len);
   off_t off = 0;
 
   while (1) {
-    ssize_t c = pread(process->memory_file, res + off, len - off, (off_t) address + off);
+    ssize_t c = pread(this->memory_file, res + off, len - off, (off_t) address.address() + off);
     if (c == -1) {
       if (errno == EINTR)
         continue;
@@ -467,88 +526,31 @@ char* MC_process_read_string(mc_process_t process, void* address)
   }
 }
 
-// ***** Memory access
-
-int MC_process_vm_open(pid_t pid, int flags)
-{
-  const size_t buffer_size = 30;
-  char buffer[buffer_size];
-  int res = snprintf(buffer, buffer_size, "/proc/%lli/mem", (long long) pid);
-  if (res < 0 || (size_t) res >= buffer_size) {
-    errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
-    return -1;
-  }
-  return open(buffer, flags);
-}
-
-static void MC_process_open_memory_file(mc_process_t process)
-{
-  if (process->is_self() || process->memory_file >= 0)
-    return;
-
-  int fd = MC_process_vm_open(process->pid, O_RDWR);
-  if (fd<0)
-    xbt_die("Could not open file for process virtual address space");
-  process->memory_file = fd;
-}
-
-static ssize_t pread_whole(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset)
-{
-  char* buffer = (char*) buf;
-  ssize_t real_count = count;
-  while (count) {
-    ssize_t res = pread(fd, buffer, count, offset);
-    if (res > 0) {
-      count  -= res;
-      buffer += res;
-      offset += res;
-    } else if (res==0) {
-      return -1;
-    } else if (errno != EINTR) {
-      return -1;
-    }
-  }
-  return real_count;
-}
-
-static ssize_t pwrite_whole(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset)
-{
-  const char* buffer = (const char*) buf;
-  ssize_t real_count = count;
-  while (count) {
-    ssize_t res = pwrite(fd, buffer, count, offset);
-    if (res > 0) {
-      count  -= res;
-      buffer += res;
-      offset += res;
-    } else if (res==0) {
-      return -1;
-    } else if (errno != EINTR) {
-      return -1;
-    }
-  }
-  return real_count;
-}
-
-}
-
-namespace simgrid {
-namespace mc {
-
 const void *Process::read_bytes(void* buffer, std::size_t size,
   remote_ptr<void> address, int process_index,
-  AddressSpace::ReadMode mode)
+  AddressSpace::ReadMode mode) const
 {
   if (process_index != simgrid::mc::ProcessIndexDisabled) {
-    mc_object_info_t info = MC_process_find_object_info_rw(this, (void*)address.address());
+    mc_object_info_t info = this->find_object_info_rw((void*)address.address());
     // Segment overlap is not handled.
     if (MC_object_info_is_privatized(info)) {
       if (process_index < 0)
         xbt_die("Missing process index");
+      if (process_index >= (int) MC_smpi_process_count())
+        xbt_die("Invalid process index");
+
+      // Read smpi_privatisation_regions from MCed:
+      smpi_privatisation_region_t remote_smpi_privatisation_regions =
+        mc_model_checker->process().read_variable<smpi_privatisation_region_t>(
+          "smpi_privatisation_regions");
+
+      s_smpi_privatisation_region_t privatisation_region =
+        mc_model_checker->process().read<s_smpi_privatisation_region_t>(
+          remote(remote_smpi_privatisation_regions + process_index));
+
       // Address translation in the privaization segment:
-      // TODO, fix me (broken)
       size_t offset = address.address() - (std::uint64_t)info->start_rw;
-      address = remote(address.address() - offset);
+      address = remote((char*)privatisation_region.address + offset);
     }
   }
 
@@ -561,77 +563,90 @@ const void *Process::read_bytes(void* buffer, std::size_t size,
     }
   } else {
     if (pread_whole(this->memory_file, buffer, size, (off_t) address.address()) < 0)
-      xbt_die("Read from process %lli failed", (long long) this->pid);
+      xbt_die("Read from process %lli failed", (long long) this->pid_);
     return buffer;
   }
 }
 
-}
-}
-
-extern "C" {
-
-const void* MC_process_read_dynar_element(mc_process_t process,
-  void* local, const void* remote_dynar, size_t i, size_t len)
+/** Write data to a process memory
+ *
+ *  @param process the process
+ *  @param local   local memory address (source)
+ *  @param remote  target process memory address (target)
+ *  @param len     data size
+ */
+void Process::write_bytes(const void* buffer, size_t len, remote_ptr<void> address)
 {
-  s_xbt_dynar_t d;
-  MC_process_read_simple(process, &d, remote_dynar, sizeof(d));
-  if (i >= d.used)
-    xbt_die("Out of bound index %zi/%lu", i, d.used);
-  if (len != d.elmsize)
-    xbt_die("Bad size in MC_process_read_dynar_element");
-  MC_process_read_simple(process, local, xbt_dynar_get_ptr(&d, i), len);
-  return local;
+  if (this->is_self()) {
+    memcpy((void*)address.address(), buffer, len);
+  } else {
+    if (pwrite_whole(this->memory_file, buffer, len, address.address()) < 0)
+      xbt_die("Write to process %lli failed", (long long) this->pid_);
+  }
 }
 
-void MC_process_write(mc_process_t process, const void* local, void* remote, size_t len)
+void Process::clear_bytes(remote_ptr<void> address, size_t len)
 {
-  if (process->is_self()) {
-    memcpy(remote, local, len);
+  if (this->is_self()) {
+    memset((void*)address.address(), 0, len);
   } else {
-    if (pwrite_whole(process->memory_file, local, len, (off_t) remote) < 0)
-      xbt_die("Write to process %lli failed", (long long) process->pid);
+    pthread_once(&zero_buffer_flag, MC_zero_buffer_init);
+    while (len) {
+      size_t s = len > zero_buffer_size ? zero_buffer_size : len;
+      this->write_bytes(zero_buffer, s, address);
+      address = remote((char*) address.address() + s);
+      len -= s;
+    }
   }
 }
 
-unsigned long MC_process_read_dynar_length(mc_process_t process, const void* remote_dynar)
+void Process::ignore_region(std::uint64_t addr, std::size_t size)
 {
-  if (!remote_dynar)
-    return 0;
-  unsigned long res;
-  MC_process_read_simple(process, &res,
-    &((xbt_dynar_t)remote_dynar)->used, sizeof(res));
-  return res;
-}
+  IgnoredRegion region;
+  region.addr = addr;
+  region.size = size;
 
-static pthread_once_t zero_buffer_flag = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
-static const void* zero_buffer;
-static const size_t zero_buffer_size = 10 * 4096;
+  if (ignored_regions_.empty()) {
+    ignored_regions_.push_back(region);
+    return;
+  }
 
-static void MC_zero_buffer_init(void)
-{
-  int fd = open("/dev/zero", O_RDONLY);
-  if (fd<0)
-    xbt_die("Could not open /dev/zero");
-  zero_buffer = mmap(NULL, zero_buffer_size, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
-  if (zero_buffer == MAP_FAILED)
-    xbt_die("Could not map the zero buffer");
-  close(fd);
-}
+  unsigned int cursor = 0;
+  IgnoredRegion* current_region = nullptr;
+
+  int start = 0;
+  int end = ignored_regions_.size() - 1;
+  while (start <= end) {
+    cursor = (start + end) / 2;
+    current_region = &ignored_regions_[cursor];
+    if (current_region->addr == addr) {
+      if (current_region->size == size)
+        return;
+      else if (current_region->size < size)
+        start = cursor + 1;
+      else
+        end = cursor - 1;
+    } else if (current_region->addr < addr)
+      start = cursor + 1;
+    else
+      end = cursor - 1;
+  }
 
-void MC_process_clear_memory(mc_process_t process, void* remote, size_t len)
-{
-  if (process->is_self()) {
-    memset(remote, 0, len);
-  } else {
-    pthread_once(&zero_buffer_flag, MC_zero_buffer_init);
-    while (len) {
-      size_t s = len > zero_buffer_size ? zero_buffer_size : len;
-      MC_process_write(process, zero_buffer, remote, s);
-      remote = (char*) remote + s;
-      len -= s;
+  std::size_t position;
+  if (current_region->addr == addr) {
+    if (current_region->size < size) {
+      position = cursor + 1;
+    } else {
+      position = cursor;
     }
+  } else if (current_region->addr < addr) {
+    position = cursor + 1;
+  } else {
+    position = cursor;
   }
+  ignored_regions_.insert(
+    ignored_regions_.begin() + position, region);
 }
 
 }
+}